Thunderstorm Wind — Hale, Texas

2023-07-07 · near Abernathy, Hale, Texas

Event narrative

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Abernathy measured a wind gust of 61 mph.

Wider weather episode

An upper level high pressure system over El Paso was being partially suppressed by a short wave moving across northern New Mexico on the evening of the seventh. Scattered thunderstorms developed along a surface pressure trough near the Texas/New Mexico state line and drifted eastward during the late afternoon and evening hours as a broken line of thunderstorms. Hot and dry near surface conditions allowed for high cloud bases supporting severe wind gusts underneath thunderstorm activity. Several Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites measured severe wind gusts with the strongest activity.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1104048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.